During the 1940s, Vallacchi’s Garage at 55 Mine Brook Road (Rte 202), Bernardsville, N.J., was the place to go for a new automobile. The Kaiser-Frazer Corporation, founded in 1945, was a successful company at a time when the big three automakers were slowly transitioning to a peacetime economy. In 1946, while the big three were still relying on pre-war designs, Kaiser-Frazer produced newly designed models at their Willow Run, Michigan, production facility. Willow Run was the government-owned building where Ford had produced B-24 bombers during World War II.
Vallacchi’s Garage was run by Philip Vallacchi (c.1879-1956), a native of Italy and 50-year resident of Bernardsville. Vallacchi came to U.S. in 1887.
